Video summarization using selected characteristics

ABSTRACT

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for improving a playback of video data and generation of a video summary. For example, annotation data may be generated for individual video frames included in the video data to indicate content present in the individual video frames, such as faces, objects, pets, speech or the like. A video summary may be determined by calculating a priority metric for individual video frames based on the annotation data. In response to input indicating a face and a period of time, a video summary can be generated including video segments focused on the face within the period of time. The video summary may be directed to multiple faces and/or objects based on the annotation data.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application is a continuation of, and claims the benefit ofpriority of, U.S. Non-provisional Patent Application No. 14/863,705,filed Sep. 24, 2015, and entitled “VIDEO SUMMARIZATION USING SELECTEDCHARACTERISTICS,” in the names of Mark Eugene Pearson et al., which isherein incorporated by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

With the advancement of technology, the use and popularity of electronicdevices has increased considerably. Electronic devices are commonly usedto capture videos. These videos are sometimes shared with friends andfamily using online systems, including social networking systems.Disclosed herein are technical solutions to improve a user interfaceused to generate the videos that are shared.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

For a more complete understanding of the present disclosure, referenceis now made to the following description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of a system for generating a videosummarization according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 2A-2D illustrate examples of generating a video summarizationincluding video segments associated with a single face according toembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIGS. 3A-3E illustrate examples of generating a video summarizationincluding video segments associated with two faces according toembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method forgenerating a video summarization based on multiple objects according toembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates an example of generating a split screen according toembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of annotation data according toembodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method forgenerating annotation data according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 8A-8C are flowcharts conceptually illustrating example methods fordetermining consumer good information according to embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method fordetermining media information from video data according to embodimentsof the present disclosure.

FIG. 10A-10C illustrate examples of geographic annotation data accordingto embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 11A-11B are flowcharts conceptually illustrating example methodsfor determining a geographic description for annotation data accordingto embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram conceptually illustrating example componentsof a system according to embodiments of the present disclosure.

FIG. 13 illustrates an example of a computer network for use with thesystem.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Electronic devices are commonly used to capture video data. The videodata may include multiple video segments captured at different times,representing various people, objects and locations. During playback, auser of a device may have difficulty specifying a person and/or objectof interest in the video data and may have to view the video data insequence or manually edit the video data.

To improve a playback of video data and/or generation of videosummarization, devices, systems and methods are disclosed that generateannotation data and select video segments to include in a videosummarization based on the annotation data. For example, the system maygenerate annotation data for an individual video segment, the annotationdata identifying characteristics of the video segment and/or objectsrepresented in the video segment. Based on a request from the user, thesystem may generate a video summarization based on the annotation data,such as the characteristics and/or objects specified in the request.Thus, the system may focus a video summarization on a person, objectand/or particular theme selected by the user.

FIG. 1 illustrates an overview of a system 100 for implementingembodiments of the disclosure. The system 100 includes a device 102, animage capture device 110 and a server 112 in communication with eachother. While the following descriptions refer to the server 112performing steps illustrated in the drawings due to computingcomplexity, the device 102 and/or the image capture device 110 mayperform any or all of the steps without departing from the presentdisclosure. Thus, the method steps described below may be executed by acombination of components including the device 102, the image capturedevice 110 and/or the server 112. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the device102 may display a list of faces 106 on a display 104 to a user and maygenerate a request based on input from the user. The device 102 may sendthe request to the server 112 and the server may generate a videosummarization based on the request.

The server 112 may receive (120) video data. The video data may comefrom the device 102 or from image capture device 110. The video data mayinclude a plurality of video segments captured at different times and/orgeographic locations, the plurality of video segments representingvarious people, objects and/or locations. While the received video datamay be raw video data captured by one or more cameras, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. Instead, the received video data maybe an edited video segment generated from larger video data withoutdeparting from the present disclosure. For example, a user of the device102 may identify relevant video segments within raw video data foradditional editing, such as specifying events of interest or regions ofinterest within the raw video data. The device 102 may then input theselected portions of the raw video data as the received video data forfurther editing.

The server 112 may identify (122) faces in the video data, may generate(124) a face table and may send (126) the face table to the device 102.For example, the face table may be a data structure comprising a recordof where each respective face of the plurality of faces appears in thevideo data, and the face table may be illustrated by the device 102 asthe list of faces 106. The server 112 may identify faces using facialrecognition, such as by analyzing individual video frames included inthe video data and identifying faces, head and shoulders or the like. Insome examples, the server 112 may determine an identity associates withat least a portion of the faces, although the present disclosure is notlimited thereto. Instead, the server 112 may generate the face tablewithout identity information and the device 102 may display the facetable for the user to select and/or determine identities. Thus, thesystem may generate a face table or similar data structure noting whereparticular faces appear in the video data without the system necessarilyassociating respective identities (e.g., proper name) to the respectivefaces.

The server 112 may receive (128) an indication of a selected face andreceive (130) an indication of a selected time period from the device102. For example, the device 102 may display the face table to the user,determine a face selected by the user, display various time periods,determine a time period selected by the user and send the selected faceand the selected time period to the server 112.

The server 112 may determine (132) video segments including the selectedface within the selected time period. For example, the video data mayinclude annotation data identifying characteristics of the videosegments and/or objects represented in the video segments, and theserver 112 may determine the video segments to include based on theannotation data. As described in greater detail below with regard toFIGS. 7-6, the server 112 may generate and update the annotation data,may determine a priority metric based on the annotation data and mayselect video segments having a priority metric exceeding a threshold.However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto and the server112 may determine the video segments based only on the selected face andthe selected time period. The server 112 may generate (134) a videosummarization including the video segments and send (136) the videosummarization to the device 102. While FIG. 1 illustrates the server 112sending the video summarization to the device 102, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. Instead, the server 112 may send thevideo summarization to a remote device, may store the videosummarization on the server 112 or may send a link to the videosummarization to the device 102 and/or a remote device.

The video data may be captured using one or more camera(s). In someexamples, the video data may be captured using a single camera. In otherexamples, the video data may include a field of view of 360 degreescaptured using a plurality of cameras. Alternatively, the video data maybe captured using a single camera without mirrors (e.g., a single cameraspinning in a circle), a single camera using a plurality of mirrors, aplurality of cameras and a plurality of mirrors and/or a plurality ofcameras without mirrors. However, the video data may capture a field ofview less than 360 degrees without departing from the presentdisclosure.

The video data may include a plurality of video frames (e.g., sequenceof image frames, each image frame associated with a particular time) andthe device 102 may display a portion of the video data on the display104 associated with a position (e.g., x and y pixel coordinates within aframe of video data) of an object (e.g., a face) within the video data.Thus, the device 102 may not display the entirety of the video data anddimensions of the displayed video data may be smaller than dimensions ofthe video frame, in some examples significantly smaller. For example,the video data may include multiple directions and the portion of thevideo data displayed on the device 102 may include a single directionassociated with a subject or other object of interest. However, thepresent disclosure is not limited thereto and the video data displayedon the device 102 may be the entirety of the video data withoutdeparting from the present disclosure.

The video data may have an aspect ratio exceeding 2:1. An aspect ratiois a ratio of one dimension of a video frame to another dimension of avideo frame (for example height-width or width-height). For example, avideo frame having a resolution of 7680 pixels by 1080 pixelscorresponds to an aspect ratio of 64:9 or more than 7:1. While videodata may have a certain aspect ratio (for example 7:1 or other largerthan 2:1 ratio) and may be considered panoramic video data due to apanoramic/360 degree nature of the incoming video data, the portion ofthe panoramic video data displayed on the display 104 may have an aspectratio that is likely to be used on a viewing device. As a result, anaspect ratio of the portion of the panoramic video data displayed on thedisplay 104 may be lower than 2:1. For example, the displayed videoframe may have a resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels (e.g., aspectratio of 16:9), a resolution of 1140 pixels by 1080 pixels (e.g., aspectratio of 4:3) or the like. In addition, the resolution and/or aspectratio of the displayed video data may vary based on user preferences.Similarly, an aspect ratio of output video data (e.g., a videosummarization) may be lower than 2:1, as the output data is intended tobe displayed on a display.

Pixel coordinates may specify a position within a video frame. Forexample, if the video frame has a resolution of 7680 pixels by 1080pixels, a pixel coordinate of a bottom left pixel in the video frame mayhave pixel coordinates of (0, 0), a pixel coordinate of a top left pixelin the video frame may have pixel coordinates of (0, 1080), a pixelcoordinate of a top right pixel in the video frame may have pixelcoordinates of (7680, 1080) and a bottom right pixel in the video framemay have pixel coordinates of (7680, 0). Similarly, if the displayedvideo frame has a resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels, a pixelcoordinate of a bottom left pixel in the displayed video frame may havepixel coordinates of (0, 0) in the video frame, a pixel coordinate of atop left pixel in the displayed video frame may have pixel coordinatesof (0, 1080) in the video frame, a pixel coordinate in a top right pixelin the displayed video frame may have pixel coordinates of (1920, 1080)in the video frame and a bottom right pixel in the displayed video framemay have pixel coordinates of (1920, 0) in the video frame.

The video summarization may summarize lengthy video data (e.g., an hourof recording) in a short video summary (e.g., 2-5 minutes) highlightingthe interesting events that occurred in the video data. Therefore, eachvideo segment in the video summary may be relatively short (e.g.,between 5-60 seconds) and the portion of the video data included in thevideo segment may be determined based on the face(s) and/or object(s)identified by a user of the device 102.

The device 102 may generate a request for a video summarization andtransmit the request to the server 112 to perform video summarization onthe video data. Based on the request, the server 112 may generate editedvideo segments of the video data, the edited video segments includingportions of the video data specified by the request. For example, theserver 112 may generate a video summarization including a series ofvideo segments representing face(s) and/or object(s) specified by therequest.

As part of generating the video summarization, the device 102 maydisplay the output video data and may request input from a user of thedevice 102. For example, the user may instruct the device 102 to includeadditional video data (e.g., an additional video segment), to increasean amount of video data included in the output video data (e.g., changea beginning time and/or an ending time associated with a video segmentto increase or decrease a length of the output video data), or the like.Thus, the server 112 may generate the output video data, the device 102may display the output video data to the user and receive feedback fromthe user and the server 112 may generate additional or different outputvideo data based on the user input.

FIGS. 2A-2D illustrate examples of generating a video summarizationincluding video segments associated with a single person according toembodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 2A, thedevice 102 may display a list of faces 200 associated with videos 210.For example, each of the faces included in the list of faces 200 mayappear at least once in the videos 210.

The videos 210 may include a plurality of video segments captured atdifferent times and/or geographic locations, the plurality of videosegments representing various people, objects and/or locations. Whilethe videos 210 may comprise raw video data captured by one or morecameras, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Instead, thevideos 210 may comprise edited video segments generated from raw videodata without departing from the present disclosure. For example, a userof the device 102 may identify relevant video segments within raw videodata for additional editing, such as specifying events of interest orregions of interest within the raw video data. The server 112 maygenerate the videos 210 based on the video segments identified by theuser.

In some examples, the server 112 may perform additional steps togenerate the videos 210. For example, the raw video data may be uploadedto the server 112 from an image capture device and the server 112 mayannotate the raw video data (e.g., annotate individual video framesincluded in the raw video data to identify characteristics of theindividual video frames), generate a master clip table (e.g., a tableincluding the individual video frames and annotations) and generateedited video segments (e.g., video segments including a portion of theraw video data) based on the master clip table and/or the annotations.For example, the server 112 may generate video segments including aspecific period of time (e.g., determine a begin point and an end point)and/or a specific area within the raw video data (e.g., crop the rawvideo data).

As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the user may indicate a particular face(e.g., make contact within proximity to the particular face) and thedevice 102 may interpret the input to determine a selected face 202 fromthe list of faces 200. The selected face 202 may be associated with aportion of the videos 210, such as selected videos 212 (e.g., videos 2,8, 10, 15, 17, 19 and 23). As illustrated in FIG. 2B, the selectedvideos 212 associated with the selected face 202 are shaded and theannotation data associated with the selected videos 212 may identify theselected face 202.

As illustrated in FIG. 2C, the device 102 may display a timeframe userinterface (UI) 220 to the user. For example, the timeframe UI 220 mayinclude “Last Week,” “Last Month,” “Last Few Months,” “All Time,”“Custom Time Period” or the like. However, the present disclosure is notlimited thereto and the device 102 may display any option associatedwith a period of time. The user may indicate a particular timeframe(e.g., make contact within proximity to the particular timeframe) andthe device 102 may interpret the input to determine the selectedtimeframe 222 from the timeframe UI 220. As illustrated in FIG. 2C, thedevice 102 may determine that the user selected “Last Few Months” as theselected timeframe 222. Therefore, the device 102 may select the portionof the videos 210 captured within the selected timeframe 222 (e.g., thevideos 210 selected within the last few months), such as videos 14through 25. The device 102 may send the selected face 202 and theselected timeframe 222 to the server 112 to generate a videosummarization.

While not illustrated in FIG. 2C, the device 102 may display otheroptions to filter the video data. For example, the device 102 maydisplay a geographic location UI to the user indicating geographiclocations that the user may select (e.g., “At Home,” “At Work,”“Massachusetts,” “On Vacation,” etc.). Based on input from the user, thedevice 102 may select the portions of the videos 210 captured within theselected geographic locations. As another example, the device 102 maydisplay a theme UI to the user indicating potential themes that the usermay select (e.g., “Vacation,” “Road Trip,” “Wedding,” “Birthday,”“Sporting Event,” etc.). Based on input from the user, the device 102may select the portions of the videos 210 associated with the selectedthemes based on annotation data. The present disclosure is not limitedto the abovementioned filters (e.g., timeframe, location and theme) andthe device 102 may display additional UI's indicating other filteringoptions without departing from the disclosure.

The server 112 may determine the video segments associated with theselected face 202 and the selected timeframe 222 and may generate avideo summarization. For example, the server 112 may identify videos(e.g., 15, 17, 19 and 23) from the selected videos 212, may edit thevideos and may generate the video summarization including the editedvideos. As illustrated in FIG. 2D, the server 112 may determine videodata 230 comprising videos 15, 17, 19 and 23 and may generate videosegment data 232 comprising videos 15 c (cropped), 17 c, 19 c and 23 c.The video segment data 232 may be selections of the video data 230 notonly in time (e.g., a video segment lasting 10 seconds selected fromvideo data lasting 50 seconds), but also in space (e.g., an area ofpixels selected from a video frame). For example, video segment data 232having a resolution of 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels may be selected fromvideo data 230 having a resolution of 7680 pixels by 1080 pixels. Asanother example, video segment data 232 having an aspect ratio less than2:1 (e.g., 16:9, 4:3 or the like) may be selected from video data 230having an aspect ratio greater than 2:1 (e.g., 7:1 or the like). Thevideo segment data 232 may be cropped to emphasize the selected face 202within the video data 230 and the server 112 may generate output videodata 234 comprising the video segment data 232. Thus, the output videodata 234 may be a video summarization focused on the selected face 202.While FIG. 2D illustrates the video segment data 232 included in theoutput video data 234 chronologically, the present disclosure is notlimited thereto. Instead, the server 112 may arrange the video segmentdata 232 in any order without departing from the present disclosure.

FIGS. 3A-3E illustrate examples of generating a video summarizationincluding video segments associated with two people according toembodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 3A, thedevice 102 may display a list of faces 300 associated with videos 310.For example, each of the faces included in the list of faces 300 mayappear at least once in the videos 310. As illustrated in FIG. 3B, theuser may indicate a particular face (e.g., make contact within proximityto the particular face) and the device 102 may interpret the input todetermine a first selected face 302-1 from the list of faces 300. Thefirst selected face 302-1 may be associated with a portion of the videos310, such as first selected videos 312-1 (e.g., videos 2, 8, 10, 15, 17,19 and 23). As illustrated in FIG. 3B, the first selected videos 312-1associated with the first selected face 302-1 are shaded and theannotation data associated with the first selected videos 312-1 mayidentify the first selected face 302-1.

As illustrated in FIG. 3C, the user may indicate a particular face(e.g., make contact within proximity to the particular face) and thedevice 102 may interpret the input to determine a second selected face302-2 from the list of faces 300. The second selected face 302-2 may beassociated with a portion of the videos 310, such as second selectedvideos 312-2 (e.g., videos 3, 8, 13, 15, 19, 23 and 25). As illustratedin FIG. 3C, the second selected videos 312-2 associated with the secondselected face 302-2 are shaded and the annotation data associated withthe second selected videos 312-2 may identify the second selected face302-2. As illustrated in FIG. 3C, videos 8, 15, 19 and 23 are associatedwith both the first selected face 302-1 and the second selected face302-2.

As illustrated in FIG. 3D, the device 102 may display a timeframe userinterface (UI) 320 to the user. For example, the timeframe UI 320 mayinclude “Last Week,” “Last Month,” “Last Few Months,” “All Time,”“Custom Time Period” or the like. However, the present disclosure is notlimited thereto and the device 102 may display any option associatedwith a period of time. The user may indicate a particular timeframe(e.g., make contact within proximity to the particular timeframe) andthe device 102 may interpret the input to determine the selectedtimeframe 322 from the timeframe UI 320. As illustrated in FIG. 3C, thedevice 102 may determine that the user selected “Last Few Months” as theselected timeframe 322. Therefore, the device 102 may select the portionof the videos 310 captured within the selected timeframe 322 (e.g., thevideos 310 selected within the last few months), such as videos 14through 25. The device 102 may send the first selected face 302-1, thesecond selected face 302-2 and the selected timeframe 322 to the server112 to generate a video summarization.

As discussed above, while not illustrated in FIG. 3D the device 102 maydisplay additional options to filter the video data. For example, thedevice 102 may display a geographic location UI to the user indicatinggeographic locations that the user may select (e.g., “At Home,” “AtWork,” “Massachusetts,” “On Vacation,” etc.). Based on input from theuser, the device 102 may select the portions of the videos 310 capturedwithin the selected geographic locations. As another example, the device102 may display a theme UI to the user indicating potential themes thatthe user may select (e.g., “Vacation,” “Road Trip,” “Wedding,”“Birthday,” “Sporting Event,” etc.). Based on input from the user, thedevice 102 may select the portions of the videos 310 associated with theselected themes based on annotation data. The present disclosure is notlimited to the abovementioned filters (e.g., timeframe, location andtheme) and the device 102 may display additional UI's indicating otherfiltering options without departing from the disclosure.

The server 112 may determine the video segments associated with thefirst selected face 302-1, the second selected face 302-2 and theselected timeframe 322 and may generate a video summarization. Forexample, the server 112 may identify videos (e.g., 15, 19 and 23)included in the first selected videos 312-1 and the second selectedvideos 312-2 within the selected timeframe 322, may edit the videos andmay generate the video summarization including the edited videos. Asillustrated in FIG. 3E, the server 112 may determine video data 330comprising videos 15, 19 and 23 and may generate video segment data 332comprising videos 15 c (cropped), 19 c and 23 c. The video segment data332 may be selections of the video data 330 not only in time (e.g., avideo segment lasting 10 seconds selected from video data lasting 50seconds), but also in space (e.g., an area of pixels selected from avideo frame). For example, video segment data 332 having a resolution of1920 pixels by 1080 pixels may be selected from video data 330 having aresolution of 7680 pixels by 1080 pixels. As another example, videosegment data 332 having an aspect ratio less than 2:1 (e.g., 16:9, 4:3or the like) may be selected from video data 330 having an aspect ratiogreater than 2:1 (e.g., 7:1 or the like). The video segment data 332 maybe cropped to emphasize the selected faces 302 within the video data 330and the server 112 may generate output video data 334 comprising thevideo segment data 332. Thus, the output video data 334 may be a videosummarization focused on the first selected face 302-1 and the secondselected face 302-2. While FIG. 3E illustrates the video segment data332 included in the output video data 334 chronologically, the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. Instead, the server 112 may arrangethe video segment data 332 in any order without departing from thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method forgenerating a video summarization based on multiple objects according toembodiments of the present disclosure. For ease of explanation, adetailed description of steps discussed above with regard to FIG. 1 isomitted. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the server 112 may receive (120)video data and may receive (420) annotation data associated with thevideo data. For example, the server 112 may receive annotation datapreviously generated by the server 112 or a separate device. The server112 may generate (422) additional annotation data, as described ingreater detail below with regard to FIGS. 7-6. The server 112 maygenerate (124) the face table, send (126) the face table to the device102 and receive (428) an indication of selected face(s) and/or object(s)from the device 102. For example, the server 112 may receive anindication of a face, an indication of two faces, an indication of aface and an object, an indication of two objects or the like. Thus, theserver 112 may receive input indicating a focus for the videosummarization.

While step 428 describes the server 112 receiving the indication ofselected face(s) and/or object(s), the present disclosure is not limitedthereto. Instead, the server 112 may receive an indication of selectedcharacteristic(s) of the video data and may focus the videosummarization on the selected characteristic(s). For example, theannotation data may identify characteristics of a video segment and/orcharacteristics of objects represented in the video segment, whichincludes faces, objects, locations, indication of motion, scenes,indication of audio or the like. Thus, the user may indicatecharacteristic(s) and the server 112 may determine video data to includein the video summarization based on the characteristic(s). Additionallyor alternatively, the user may indicate characteristic(s) not to includeand the server 112 may determine video data that doesn't include thecharacteristic(s). For example, the user may indicate a person and/or atime frame and the server 112 may exclude video data including theperson within the time frame. In some examples, the server 112 maydetermine a theme based on the selected characteristic(s) or the usermay indicate a theme to the server 112 and the server 112 may generate avideo summary using the theme.

The server 112 may receive (130) an indication of a selected time periodand may determine (432) video segments representing the selected face(s)and/or object(s) within the selected time period. The server 112 maydetermine (434) a priority metric for individual video segments and mayselect (436) video segments with priority metrics exceeding a threshold.The server 112 may generate (134) a video summarization and send (136)the video summarization to the device 102, although the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. In addition to selecting videosegments with priority metrics exceeding the threshold, the server 112may rank the video segments, and in some examples, the server 112 mayonly select a portion of the video segments with priority metricsexceeding the threshold. For example, the server 112 may select adesired number of video segments based on the rankings (e.g., the topthirty video segments or the like). Thus, the server 112 may select thenumber of video segments based on the desired number to include in thevideo summarization, instead of selecting all video segments exceeding aglobal priority threshold. In some examples, the threshold may bedetermined based on the desired number of video segments, such that afirst threshold for a first video summarization may be different from asecond threshold for a second video summarization.

For example, the server 112 may store video data comprising videosegments, each video segment including sequential video frames, and theserver 112 may determine relevant video frames from the video segmentsbased on the annotation data associated with the video segments. In someexamples, the annotation data may include a master clip table, which isa frame by frame list of different points in the video data, and theserver 112 may use an algorithm to determine the priority metric foreach video frame. For example, the server 112 may determine the prioritymetric for a video frame based on interesting features (e.g., faces,people, smiles, motion, etc.) and may store the priority metric in themaster clip table. Thus, when the server 112 receives a request for aselected face included in the video frame, the server 112 may refer tothe master clip table to identify video frames including the selectedface with a priority metric exceeding a threshold.

Based on the priority metric, the server 112 may ignore a video segmentdespite the video segment including the selected face(s) and/orobject(s) (e.g., exclude the video segment completely), ignore videoframes including the selected face(s) and/or object(s) (e.g., clip thevideo segment based on the priority metric) within the video segment orthe like. In some examples, the server 112 may generate the prioritymetric based on the selected face(s) and/or object(s). For example, aparticular video segment may have a higher priority metric when thevideo segment includes multiple selected face(s) and/or object(s)relative to a lower priority metric when the video segment includes asingle selected face. In other examples, the server 112 may selectivelycrop a display area of the video segment to focus on the selectedface(s) and/or object(s). For example, the video data may include a widefield of view and the server 112 may crop the video data to display anarrow field of view focused on an individual.

In some examples, a first face and a second face may be represented inthe video data within proximity to each other and the cropped video datamay comprise an area including the first face and the second face.However, in other examples the first face and the second face may beseparated and the server 121 cannot crop the video data to include thefirst face and the second face due to an intervening area. FIG. 5illustrates an example of generating a split screen according toembodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 5, a firstvideo frame 520-1 may include a first tracked person 510-1 and a secondtracked person 510-2 separated by a first distance 516-1. As the firsttracked person 510-1 and the second tracked person 510-2 are withinproximity to each other (e.g., the first distance 516-1 is below athreshold), the server 112 may generate a first cropped window 522-1including the first tracked person 510-1 and the second tracked person510-2. In contrast, a second video frame 520-2 may include the firsttracked person 510-1 and the second tracked person 510-2 separated by asecond distance 516-2.

As the first tracked person 510-1 and the second tracked person 510-2are separated from each other (e.g., the second distance 516-2 exceeds athreshold), the server 112 may generate a second cropped window 522-2including a picture in picture, such as the second tracked person 510-2included in a picture within the second cropped window 522-2.Additionally or alternatively, the server 112 may generate a thirdcropped window 522-3 including a split screen, such as the secondtracked person 510-2 included next to the first tracked person 510-1with the intervening space omitted.

FIG. 6 illustrates an example of types of annotation data according toembodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 6, theserver 112 may analyze a video frame 610 and generate annotation data612, which may include time (e.g., a timestamp, a period of time, etc.),a location (e.g., geographic information, GPS coordinates, an address,etc.), motion data (detected motion, camera itself moving, etc.), faces(existence, identification, if smiling, etc.), humans (e.g., head andshoulders), scenes (e.g., indoors, outdoors, outdoor in car, outdoor innature, outdoor near water, outdoor at sporting event, indoors atconcert, indoors at party, etc.), audio (e.g., existence, laughter,applause, etc.), landmarks (e.g., Eiffel Tower, White House, etc.),objects (flowers, birthday cakes, etc.) and/or pets (e.g., cats, dogs,etc.).

In addition to the annotation data illustrated in FIG. 6, the server 112may generate additional annotation data. For example, the server 112 maygenerate emotional data, which may include emotional detection (e.g.,determining a mood such as happy, sad, excited, etc.) for an individual,a group of people, the video frame 610 or a combination thereof. Asanother example, the server 112 may determine if a concert or otherevent is represented in the video frame 610 and may match the geographiclocation to the event. For example, the server 112 may determine venuesin proximity to the geographic location, events scheduled for the venuesand determine if one of the events is represented in the video data. Insome examples, the server 112 may detect indications of an event (e.g.,detecting a crowd, an amphitheater, a concert hall or the like) and maycompare the geographic information to venues in proximity as a result ofdetecting the indications.

In some examples, the server 112 may perform speech recognition onspeech detected in audio associated with the video data to generateoutput text and may embed the output text in the annotation data. As afirst example, the server 112 may include output text corresponding toall of the speech detected in the audio, such as a transcription of aconversation or the like. As a second example, the server 112 mayanalyze the output text and include a portion of the output textcorresponding to key phrases. For example, the server 112 may recognize“Happy Birthday” or a particular name in the output text and include therecognized phrase in associated annotation data.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method forgenerating annotation data according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure. As discussed above, the annotation data may be generated bythe server 112 or a remote device prior to generating the videosummarization. For example, the server 112 may generate annotation dataupon receiving individual video segments, upon receiving video data orupon receiving a request for a video summarization. For ease ofexplanation, some of the steps illustrated in FIG. 7 are explicitlydepicted as optional, indicated by dashed lines. However, any of thesteps illustrated in FIG. 7 may be omitted without departing from thepresent disclosure. In addition, while the following description refersto the steps illustrated in FIG. 7 being executed by the server 112,some or all of the steps illustrated in FIG. 7 may be executed by thedevice 102, the image capture device 110, the server 112, a remotedevice or any combination thereof.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the server 112 may receive (710) video dataand may optionally receive (712) existing annotation data associatedwith the video data. The existing annotation data may have beendetermined by any of the device 102, the image capture device 110, theserver 112 and/or a remote device prior to the system receiving thevideo data in step 710. While video data may include multiple videosegments, the video data illustrated in FIG. 7 refers to video dataassociated with a single video segment (e.g., a video clip captured froma beginning time to an ending time). The server 112 may determine (714)a geographic location associated with the video data, such as a GlobalPositioning System (GPS) coordinates associated with where the videodata was captured. However, the geographic location is not limited tothe GPS coordinates and the server 112 may determine a geographiclocation based on the GPS coordinates, as discussed in greater detailbelow with regard to FIGS. 10A-11B. If the video data is captured whilein motion (e.g., in a plane, a car or other vehicle), the geographiclocation may be associated with the beginning time or the ending time ofthe video data.

The server 112 may determine (716) a current video frame and mayidentify (718) face(s) present in the video frame. For example, theserver 112 may analyze the video frame and identify the face(s) based onfacial recognition, identifying head and shoulders, identifying eyes,smile recognition or the like. Optionally, the server 112 may determine(720) identities associated with the face(s). For example, the server112 may employ facial recognition and a database of identities, such associal networking database, to determine the identities. In someexamples, the video data will be tagged with identities of facesrepresented in the video data. Thus, the server 112 may determine theidentity of a face in a video frame from a list of identities associatedwith the video data.

The server 112 may identify (722) object(s) present in the video frame.For example, the server 112 may identify object(s) such as physicalobjects (e.g., flowers, toys, clothing or the like), animals (e.g., petssuch as cats, dogs, wildlife or the like), vehicles (e.g., cars,airplanes, or the like) or the like. Optionally, the server 112 maydetermine (724) object(s), which may include determining a type ofobject, a brand of the object, a name for the object or the like. Thus,whereas step 722 identifies an existence of the object in the videoframe, step 724 identifies an identity of the object or otherwiserecognizes what the object is. The server 112 may determine (726) famouslandmarks (e.g., Big Ben, a famous cathedral, monument or the like)represented in the video frame based on the geographic location. Forexample, the geographic location may be in proximity to a monument andthe server 112 may identify the monument within the video frame.

The server 112 may determine (728) motion data, including motion dataassociated with the image capture device (e.g., movement of the imagecapture device while capturing the video data) and objects representedin the video data (e.g., movement of an object relative to the imagecapture device). The server 112 may determine (730) an existence ofparticular audio waveforms in audio data associated with the video data.For example, the server 112 may identify an existence of speech,laughter, applause or the like. In some examples, as discussed ingreater detail below with regard to FIG. 9, the server 112 may identifymusic in the audio data. The server 112 may determine (732) a sceneassociated with the video frame. For example, the server 112 maydetermine if the video frame was captured indoors or outdoors and maydetermine other characteristics that may be useful in determining ascene associated with the video frame. Finally, the server 112 mayupdate (734) the annotation data associated with the video frame andincrement (736) video frame(s) (e.g., one video frame, several videoframes or the like) and repeat steps 716-34. For example, the server 112may increment video frames linearly to update annotation data for videoframes in the video data by one or at a fixed increment. Additionally oralternatively, the server 112 may increment the video frame(s)nonlinearly to focus on annotating interesting frames, which may bedetermined based on a low resolution preview or other techniques. Thus,the server 112 may determine an amount to increment each time step 736is performed and the amount to increment may vary without departing fromthe present disclosure.

In addition to using annotation data to generate video summarizations,the server 112 may use the annotation data for additional functionality.As a first example, the server 112 may extract information about a userfrom the annotation data and may use the extracted information to targetadvertisements to the user. As a second example, the server 112 maycollect annotation data from a plurality of users and/or video segmentsto collate information. Thus, the server 112 may create a database ofannotation data and may use the database to identify trends, brands orthe like from video data from a variety of sources. As an example, FIG.8A-8C are flowcharts conceptually illustrating example methods fordetermining consumer good information according to embodiments of thepresent disclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 8A, the server 112 may determine (810) ageographic location associated with video data, may identify (812)object(s) in the video data, may determine (814) a type of object(s),may determine (816) a brand of the object(s) and may send (818) theannotation data to a database. For example, the server 112 may receivevideo data associated with a video segment and may determine ageographic location (e.g., a city) associated with the video segment.The server 112 may analyze the video data, frame by frame, to identifyobjects and a type of object such as a polo shirt, jeans, sunglasses orthe like represented in a first video frame. The server 112 maydetermine a brand associated with the objects, such as a first brandassociated with the polo shirt, a second brand associated with thejeans, a third brand associated with the sunglasses, etc. The server 112may determine the brand using a variety of methods, such as byrecognizing a logo, identifying a style of the object or comparing theobject to a database of objects using a similarity index. The server 112may then associate the objects and brands with the first video frame inthe annotation data and send the annotation data to the database.

After generating the database of annotation data, the server 112 may usethe database to generate maps, charts or other visual representations ofdata. As illustrated in FIG. 8B, the server 112 may receive (830)filter(s) such as a brand, an object, a time of day, a time of year orthe like, may receive (832) a geographic location (e.g., a region) andmay generate (834) a map indicating object(s) or brand(s) within thegeographic location based on the filter(s). For example, the server 112may generate a map showing a popularity of a particular style of bootsduring winter throughout the geographic region. As illustrated in FIG.8C, the server 112 may receive (850) filter(s) such as a brand, anobject, a time of day, a time or year or the like and may generate (852)a chart indicating a popularity of object(s) or brand(s) based on thefilters.

While not illustrated in FIGS. 8A-8C, the present disclosure may includeadditional functionality enabled by extracting brand information. Forexample, a video summarization may be generated focused on a particularbrand of object (e.g., boots, purse or the like) from amongst video dataassociated with a plurality of users.

Additional functionality may be enabled by extracting audio informationfrom audio data associated with the video data. For example, the audiodata may include music listened to by a user and the identities of thesongs may be determined and associated with the user. Additionally oralternatively, the audio data may include songs from media being watchedby a user and the identities of the songs may be used to determine themedia being watched. For example, a movie soundtrack or a televisionshow soundtrack may include a series of songs. By identifying the songsand determining the songs are in a particular sequence (and a timingassociated with the sequence), the server 112 may determine the movie ortelevision show being watched.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart conceptually illustrating an example method fordetermining media information from video data according to embodimentsof the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the server 112 mayidentify (910) music in audio data associated with the video data andmay identify (912) song(s) included in the music. For example, theserver 112 may compare an identified song to a database of songs anddetermine the song based on a similarity index.

In some examples, the server 112 may determine (914) a source of themusic, such as determining a direction relative to an image capturedevice using beamforming of the audio data, or identifying a televisionor other display in the video data. The server 112 may determine (916)if the music is associated with video, and if it isn't, may loop (918)to step 924. If the music is associated with video, the server 112 maydetermine (920) media including the song(s) and identify (922) mediabeing viewed in the video data. For example, the server 112 maydetermine media including the song(s) by acquiring a list of movies,television shows or other media that include the song(s). The server 112may identify the media being viewed based on a series of identifiedsongs (e.g., identifying multiple songs included in a movie soundtrack),dialogue included in the audio data (e.g., identifying a song includedin a movie soundtrack and a character name associated with the movie) orthe like. The server 112 may associate (924) the song(s) and/or mediawith the video data in the annotation data.

In addition to being included in annotation data, geographic locationsmay be used to name video data, audio data, image data or the like.However, generic geographic locations don't provide sufficient contextto identify particular video data from similarly named video data, whilespecific geographic locations may not be familiar to a user. Therefore,the server 112 may determine a common term for the geographic locationthat is specific enough to provide meaning while familiar to the user inorder to convey the location. FIG. 10A-10C illustrate examples ofgeographic annotation data according to embodiments of the presentdisclosure.

As illustrated in FIG. 10A, locations of video segments 1010 are shownon a map 1000 representing New England. For example, a first grouping ofvideo segments are illustrated in Rhode Island, a second grouping ofvideo segments are illustrated near Boston, a third grouping of videosegments are illustrated in New Hampshire and individual video segmentsare illustrated in Maine and Cape Cod. In generating a common term forthe geographic location associated with each of the video segments, theserver 112 needs to differentiate between specific locations (e.g.,separate locations within an area) while providing a familiar term(e.g., a name commonly recognized instead of GPS coordinates or thelike).

As illustrated in FIG. 10B, the server 112 may identify a familiar termfor groupings of video segments based on proximity. For example, theserver 112 may differentiate video segments associated with NewHampshire 1020, Maine 1022, Boston 1024, Rhode Island 1026 and Cape Cod1028. While Cape Cod and Boston are both located in Massachusetts, theserver 112 may distinguish the grouping in Boston from the isolatedvideo segments in Cape Cod based on a frequency of the geographiclocation instead of using a common term (e.g., Massachusetts) for both.Thus, the server 112 may determine that the video segments associatedwith Cape Cod 1028 are separate from the video segments associated withBoston 1024 based on the frequency and may generate a familiar term foreach. However, while the server 112 determines a familiar term for thegroupings of video segments, the familiar term does not differentiatebetween specific locations within the grouping.

As illustrated in FIG. 10C, the server 112 may identify specificlocations for individual video segments associated with a broadergrouping. For example, video segments associated with Boston 1024 may befurther differentiated by regions within Boston 1024, such as Cambridge1030, North End 1032, South End 1034 and Dorchester 1036. While notillustrated in FIG. 10C, the server 112 may identify even more specificlocations based on a number of video segments associated with aparticular geographic region. For example, multiple video segments maybe captured within proximity to a user's home in Cambridge 1030. Insteadof identifying each of the video segments with Cambridge 1030, theserver 112 may identify distinct locations within Cambridge such asindividual points of interest, such as restaurants, parks, sportingvenues, or previous identification input from the user (e.g., “Steve'shouse”).

FIG. 11A-11B are flowcharts conceptually illustrating example methodsfor determining a geographic description for annotation data accordingto embodiments of the present disclosure. As illustrated in FIG. 11A,the server 112 may determine (1110) if the user has been to a continentbefore and if not, may associate (1112) the video data with thecontinent name. The server 112 may determine (1114) if the user has beento a country before and if not, may associate (1116) the video data withthe country name. The server 112 may determine (1118) if the user hasbeen to a region before and if not, may associate (1120) the video datawith the region name. The server 112 may determine (1122) if the userhas been to a city/town before and if not, may associate (1124) thevideo data with the city/town name. The server 112 may determine (1126)if there is a point of interest nearby and if so, may associate (1128)the video data with the point of interest. The server 112 may determine(1130) if there is a named location (e.g., restaurant, company, etc.)associated with the geographic location and if so, may associate (1132)the video data with a name of the location. The server 112 may determine(1134) if the geographic location is associated with a user identifiedlocation and if so, may associate (1136) the video data with the useridentification. In addition to identifications created previously by theuser, the server 112 may include identifications created by other usersbased on user preferences. In some examples, the server 112 may includeidentifications created previously by friends of the user (determinedusing a social networking database, user preferences or the like), whilein other examples the server 112 may include identifications createdpreviously by any user. Finally, the server 112 may determine (1138) ifan address is available for the geographic location and if so, mayassociate (1140) the video data with an abbreviation of the address. Ifan address is not available, the server 112 may associate (1142) thevideo data with GPS coordinates.

FIG. 11B illustrates an alternative way of determining a geographicdescription. As illustrated in FIG. 11B, the server 112 may receive(1150) geographic locations associated with a user, may select (1152) asubset of the geographic locations (e.g., geographic locationsassociated with selected video segments) and may determine (1154) ageographic region including the subset of geographic locations. Theserver 112 may determine (1156) a number of video segments associatedwith the geographic region and may determine (1158) if the numberexceeds a threshold. If the number exceeds the threshold, the server 112may loop (1160) to step 1152 to refine the subset. If the number isbelow the threshold, the server 112 may determine (1162) a common termfor the geographic region and may associate (1164) each video segmentincluded in the subset with the common term. Thus, the server 112 maycompare the number of video segments associated with the geographicregion to the overall geographic locations associated with the user todetermine a degree of granularity required to identify the geographicregion with specificity and familiarity.

FIG. 12 illustrates a block diagram conceptually illustrating examplecomponents of a system 100 including one or more of a device 102 and aserver 112. Certain components illustrated in FIG. 12 may also beincluded in an image capture device 110. Depending upon how the systemis structured, some of the components illustrated in FIG. 12 as part ofthe device 102 or the server 112 may be included only in the device 102or in the server 112, or may be distributed across multiple devices 102and/or servers 112. Other components not illustrated may also beincluded in the device 102, image capture device 110 and/or the server112. In operation, the system 100 may include computer-readable andcomputer-executable instructions that reside in storage 1208 on thedevice 102/server 112. The device 102/server 112 may be an electronicdevice capable of performing facial recognition and/or video editing.Examples of electronic devices may include computers (e.g., a desktop, alaptop, a server or the like), portable devices (e.g., a camera (such asa 360° video camera), smart phone, tablet or the like), media devices(e.g., televisions, video game consoles or the like) or the like. Thedevice 102/server 112 may also be a component of any of theabovementioned devices or systems.

As illustrated in FIG. 12, the device 102/server 112 may include anaddress/data bus 1202 for conveying data among components of the device102. Each component within the device 102/server 112 may also bedirectly connected to other components in addition to (or instead of)being connected to other components across the bus 1202.

The device 102/server 112 may include one or more controllers/processors1204 comprising one-or-more central processing units (CPUs) forprocessing data and computer-readable instructions and a memory 1206 forstoring data and instructions. The memory 1206 may include volatilerandom access memory (RAM), non-volatile read only memory (ROM),non-volatile magnetoresistive (MRAM) and/or other types of memory. Thedevice 102/server 112 may also include a data storage component 1208 forstoring data and processor-executable instructions. The data storagecomponent 1208 may include one or more non-volatile storage types suchas magnetic storage, optical storage, solid-state storage, etc. Thedevice 102/server 112 may also be connected to a removable or externalnon-volatile memory and/or storage (such as a removable memory card,memory key drive, networked storage, etc.) through the input/outputdevice interfaces 1210.

The device 102/server 112 includes input/output device interfaces 1210.A variety of components may be connected to the device 102/server 112through the input/output device interfaces 1210, such as camera(s) andmicrophone(s). However, the disclosure is not limited thereto and thedevice 102/server 112 may not include an integrated camera ormicrophone. Thus, the camera(s), microphone(s) and/or other componentsmay be integrated into the device 102 or may be separate withoutdeparting from the disclosure.

The input/output device interfaces 1210 may be configured to operatewith a network 1220, for example a wireless local area network (WLAN)(such as WiFi), Bluetooth, zigbee and/or wireless networks, such as aLong Term Evolution (LTE) network, WiMAX network, 3G network, etc. Thenetwork 1220 may include a local or private network or may include awide network such as the internet. Devices may be connected to thenetwork 1220 through either wired or wireless connections.

The input/output device interfaces 1210 may also include an interfacefor an external peripheral device connection such as universal serialbus (USB), FireWire, Thunderbolt, Ethernet port or other connectionprotocol that may connect to networks 1220. The input/output deviceinterfaces 1210 may also include a connection to an antenna (not shown)to connect one or more networks 1220 via a wireless local area network(WLAN) (such as WiFi) radio, Bluetooth, and/or wireless network radio,such as a radio capable of communication with a wireless communicationnetwork such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, WiMAX network, 3Gnetwork, etc.

The device 102/server 112 further includes an annotation module 1224,which may comprise processor-executable instructions stored in storage1208 to be executed by controller(s)/processor(s) 1204 (e.g., software,firmware), hardware, or some combination thereof. For example,components of the annotation module 1224 may be part of a softwareapplication running in the foreground and/or background on the device102/server 112. The annotation module 1224 may control the device102/server 112 as discussed above, for example with regard to FIGS. 1,4, 7, 8A-8C, 9 and/or 11A-11B. Some or all of the controllers/modules ofthe annotation module 1224 may be executable instructions that may beembedded in hardware or firmware in addition to, or instead of,software. In one embodiment, the device 102/server 112 may operate usingan Android® operating system (such as Android® 4.3 Jelly Bean, Android®4.4 KitKat or the like) or an Amazon® operating system (such as FireOSor the like).

Executable computer instructions for operating the device 102/server 112and its various components may be executed by thecontroller(s)/processor(s) 1204, using the memory 1206 as temporary“working” storage at runtime. The executable instructions may be storedin a non-transitory manner in non-volatile memory 1206, storage 1208, oran external device. Alternatively, some or all of the executableinstructions may be embedded in hardware or firmware in addition to orinstead of software.

The components of the device(s) 102/server 112, as illustrated in FIG.12, are exemplary, and may be located a stand-alone device or may beincluded, in whole or in part, as a component of a larger device orsystem.

The concepts disclosed herein may be applied within a number ofdifferent devices and computer systems, including, for example,general-purpose computing systems, server-client computing systems,mainframe computing systems, telephone computing systems, laptopcomputers, cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tabletcomputers, video capturing devices, video game consoles, speechprocessing systems, distributed computing environments, etc. Thus themodules, components and/or processes described above may be combined orrearranged without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.The functionality of any module described above may be allocated amongmultiple modules, or combined with a different module. As discussedabove, any or all of the modules may be embodied in one or moregeneral-purpose microprocessors, or in one or more special-purposedigital signal processors or other dedicated microprocessing hardware.One or more modules may also be embodied in software implemented by aprocessing unit. Further, one or more of the modules may be omitted fromthe processes entirely.

As shown in FIG. 13, multiple devices may be connected over a network1220. The network 1220 may include a local or private network or mayinclude a wide network such as the internet. Devices may be connected tothe network 1220 through either wired or wireless connections. Forexample, a smart phone 102 b may be connected to the network 1220through a wireless service provider. Other devices, such as an imagecapture device 110, laptop computer 102 c, tablet computer 102 d,desktop computer 102 e, television 102 f, and/or server 112, may connectto the network 1220 through a wired connection. The server 112 may beconfigured to receive, store, process and/or stream data related toimage data and/or audio data associated with one or more of the imagecapture device 110, smartphone 102 b, laptop computer 102 c, tabletcomputer 102 d, desktop computer 102 e and television 102 f, etc. Forexample, the server 112 may perform any of the steps described abovewith regard to FIGS. 1, 6, and/or 9A-9C. Alternatively, the server 112may receive and store data generated by the v image capture device 110,smartphone 102 b, laptop computer 102 c, tablet computer 102 d, desktopcomputer 102 e, television 102 f, etc. using any of the steps describedabove. Thus, the sever 112 may process and output audio data, image dataand/or video data to allow convenient access to any of the devicesconnected to the server 112.

The above embodiments of the present disclosure are meant to beillustrative. They were chosen to explain the principles and applicationof the disclosure and are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit thedisclosure. Many modifications and variations of the disclosedembodiments may be apparent to those of skill in the art. Persons havingordinary skill in the field of computers and/or digital imaging shouldrecognize that components and process steps described herein may beinterchangeable with other components or steps, or combinations ofcomponents or steps, and still achieve the benefits and advantages ofthe present disclosure. Moreover, it should be apparent to one skilledin the art, that the disclosure may be practiced without some or all ofthe specific details and steps disclosed herein.

Embodiments of the disclosed system may be implemented as a computermethod or as an article of manufacture such as a memory device ornon-transitory computer readable storage medium. The computer readablestorage medium may be readable by a computer and may compriseinstructions for causing a computer or other device to perform processesdescribed in the present disclosure. The computer readable storagemedium may be implemented by a volatile computer memory, non-volatilecomputer memory, hard drive, solid-state memory, flash drive, removabledisk and/or other media.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be performed in differentforms of software, firmware and/or hardware. Further, the teachings ofthe disclosure may be performed by an application specific integratedcircuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA), or othercomponent, for example.

Conditional language used herein, such as, among others, “can,” “could,”“might,” “may,” “e.g.,” and the like, unless specifically statedotherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, isgenerally intended to convey that certain embodiments include, whileother embodiments do not include, certain features, elements and/orsteps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended toimply that features, elements and/or steps are in any way required forone or more embodiments or that one or more embodiments necessarilyinclude logic for deciding, with or without author input or prompting,whether these features, elements and/or steps are included or are to beperformed in any particular embodiment. The terms “comprising,”“including,” “having,” and the like are synonymous and are usedinclusively, in an open-ended fashion, and do not exclude additionalelements, features, acts, operations, and so forth. Also, the term “or”is used in its inclusive sense (and not in its exclusive sense) so thatwhen used, for example, to connect a list of elements, the term “or”means one, some, or all of the elements in the list.

Conjunctive language such as the phrase “at least one of X, Y and Z,”unless specifically stated otherwise, is to be understood with thecontext as used in general to convey that an item, term, etc. may beeither X, Y, or Z, or a combination thereof. Thus, such conjunctivelanguage is not generally intended to imply that certain embodimentsrequire at least one of X, at least one of Y and at least one of Z toeach is present.

As used in this disclosure, the term “a” or “one” may include one ormore items unless specifically stated otherwise. Further, the phrase“based on” is intended to mean “based at least in part on” unlessspecifically stated otherwise.

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 21. A computer-implemented method, comprising:receiving video data including a first portion, a second portion and athird portion; receiving a request to generate a video summarization,the request corresponding to a first face; determining that the firstportion includes a first representation of the first face; generatingfirst data indicating that the first portion includes the firstrepresentation; process the second portion to attempt to detect theface; determining that the third portion includes a secondrepresentation of the face; generating second data indicating that thethird portion includes the second representation; and based at least inpart on the first data and the second data, generating a videosummarization including the first portion and the third portion but notincluding the second portion.
 22. The computer-implemented method ofclaim 21, further comprising: determining, using the first data and thesecond data, a priority metric; and determining that the priority metricsatisfies a condition, wherein generating the video summarization isfurther based at least in part on determining that the priority metricsatisfies the condition.
 23. The computer-implemented method of claim21, further comprising: determining a geographic location associatedwith the request; determining that a fourth portion of the video dataincludes a third representation of the face; determining that the firstportion corresponds to the geographic location; determining that thethird portion corresponds to the geographic location; and determiningthat the fourthportion does not correspond to the geographic location,wherein the video summarization does not include the fourth portion. 24.The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:identifying a first still image that includes a third representation ofthe face; and generating the video summarization to include the firststill image.
 25. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, furthercomprising: determining that a fourth portion of the video data includesa third representation of an object; generating third data indicatingthat the fourth portion includes the third representation; determiningthat the fourth portion of the video data does not include arepresentation of the face; determining, using the first data, thesecond data, and the third data, a priority metric; determining that thepriority metric satisfies a condition; and based at least in part ondetermining that the priority metric satisfies the condition, includingin the video summarization the fourth portion.
 26. Thecomputer-implemented method of claim 25, further comprising: determiningthat the object corresponds to a landmark; and determining a geographiclocation associated with the landmark, wherein determining that thepriority metric satisfies the condition is based at least in part ondetermining that the landmark is associated with a user profilecorresponding to the request.
 27. The computer-implemented method ofclaim 21, further comprising: determining that the first portionrepresents first motion of the face, wherein the first data indicatesthe first motion; determining that the third portion represents secondmotion of the face, wherein the second data indicates the second motion;determining that a fourth portion of the video data includes a thirdrepresentation of the face; determining that the face does not move inthe fourth portion; generating third data indicating that the fourthportion includes the third representation and indicating that the facedoes not move in the fourth portion; and based at least in part on thethird data, not including the fourth portion in the video summarization.28. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising:determining that a first video frame of the video data includes a thirdrepresentation of the face; determining that the first video frameincludes a fourth representation of an object; determining a distancebetween the third representation and the fourth representation;determining that the distance exceeds a distance threshold; based atleast in part on determining that the distance exceeds the distancethreshold, creating an output video frame including the thirdrepresentation and the fourth representation, but not including aportion of intervening space, wherein the intervening space is betweenthe third representation and the fourth representation in the firstvideo frame; and including the output video frame in the videosummarization.
 29. The computer-implemented method of claim 28, furthercomprising: determining first pixel coordinates corresponding to thethird representation; and determining second pixel coordinatescorresponding to the fourth representation, wherein determining thedistance comprises determining a number of pixels between the firstpixel coordinates and the second pixel coordinates.
 30. Thecomputer-implemented method of claim 21, further comprising: receivingaudio data associated with the video data; identifying a songrepresented in the audio data; and associating the song with the videodata.
 31. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, furthercomprising: determining a time period associated with the request;determining that a fourth portion of the video data includes a thirdrepresentation of the face; determining that the first portioncorresponds to the time period; determining that the third portioncorresponds to the time period; and determining that the fourth portiondoes not correspond to the time period, wherein the video summarizationdoes not include the fourth portion.
 32. A system comprising: at leastone processor; and at least one memory including instructions that, whenexecuted by the at least one processor, cause the system to: receivevideo data including a first portion, a second portion and a thirdportion; receive a request to generate a video summarization, therequest corresponding to a first face; determine that the first portionincludes a first representation of the first face; generate first dataindicating that the first portion includes the first representation;process the second portion to attempt to detect the face; determine thatthe third portion includes a second representation of the face; generatesecond data indicating that the third portion includes the secondrepresentation; and based at least in part on the first data and thesecond data, generate a video summarization including the first portionand the third portion but not including the second portion.
 33. Thesystem of claim 32, wherein the at least one memory further comprisesinstructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, furthercause the system to: determine, using the first data and the seconddata, a priority metric; and determine that the priority metricsatisfies a condition, wherein generating the video summarization isfurther based at least in part on determining that the priority metricsatisfies the condition.
 34. The system of claim 32, wherein the atleast one memory further comprises instructions that, when executed bythe at least one processor, further cause the system to: determine ageographic location associated with the request; determine that a fourthportion of the video data includes a third representation of the face;determine that the first portion corresponds to the geographic location;determine that the third portion corresponds to the geographic location;and determine that the fourth portion does not correspond to thegeographic location, wherein the video summarization does not includethe fourth portion.
 35. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least onememory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the atleast one processor, further cause the system to: identify a first stillimage that includes a third representation of the face; and generate thevideo summarization to include the first still image.
 36. The system ofclaim 32, wherein the at least one memory further comprises instructionsthat, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause thesystem to: determine that a fourth portion of the video data includes athird representation of an object; generate third data indicating thatthe fourth portion includes the third representation; determine that thefourth portion of the video data does not include a representation ofthe face; determine, using the first data, the second data, and thethird data, a priority metric; determine that the priority metricsatisfies a condition; and based at least in part on determining thatthe priority metric satisfies the condition, including in the videosummarization the fourth portion.
 37. The system of claim 36, whereinthe at least one memory further comprises instructions that, whenexecuted by the at least one processor, further cause the system to:determine that the object corresponds to a landmark; and determine ageographic location associated with the landmark, wherein determiningthat the priority metric satisfies the condition is based at least inpart on determining that the landmark is associated with a user profilecorresponding to the request.
 38. The system of claim 32, wherein the atleast one memory further comprises instructions that, when executed bythe at least one processor, further cause the system to: determine thatthe first portion represents first motion of the face, wherein the firstdata indicates the first motion; determine that the third portionrepresents second motion of the face, wherein the second data indicatesthe second motion; determine that a fourth portion of the video dataincludes a third representation of the face; determine that the facedoes not move in the fourth portion; generate third data indicating thatthe fourth portion includes the third representation and indicating thatthe face does not move in the fourth portion; and based at least in parton the third data, not include the fourth portion in the videosummarization.
 39. The system of claim 32, wherein the at least onememory further comprises instructions that, when executed by the atleast one processor, further cause the system to: determine that a firstvideo frame of the video data includes a third representation of theface; determine that the first video frame includes a fourthrepresentation of an object; determine a distance between the thirdrepresentation and the fourth representation; determine that thedistance exceeds a distance threshold; based at least in part on adetermination that the distance exceeds the distance threshold, createan output video frame including the third representation and the fourthrepresentation, but not including a portion of intervening space,wherein the intervening space is between the third representation andthe fourth representation in the first video frame; and include theoutput video frame in the video summarization.
 40. The system of claim39, wherein the at least one memory further comprises instructions that,when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the systemto: determine first pixel coordinates corresponding to the thirdrepresentation; and determine second pixel coordinates corresponding tothe fourth representation, wherein determining the distance comprisesdetermining a number of pixels between the first pixel coordinates andthe second pixel coordinates.